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Vitamin D Status of Year 3 Children and Supplementation Through Schools With Fortified Milk
(Cambridge University Press, 2009)Objective: To evaluate levels of vitamin D3 and HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), and the ratio of HDL-C to LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), in schoolchildren receiving vitamin-D-fortified, fat-depleted, high-Ca milk in schools. Design: ... -
Increasing Activity and Improving Nutrition Through a Schools-based Programme: Project Energize. 1. Design, Programme, Randomisation and Evaluation Methodology
(Cambridge University Press, 2008)Project Energize is a through-school nutrition and activity programme that is being evaluated in a 2-year, cluster-randomised, longitudinal study. The present paper describes the background of the programme and study, the ... -
A School-based Obesity Control Programme: Project Energize. Two-year Outcomes
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)Through-school nutrition and physical activity interventions are designed to help reduce excess weight gain and risk of chronic disease. From 2004 to 2006, Project Energize was delivered in the Waikato Region of New Zealand ... -
Project Energize: Whole-region Primary School Nutrition and Physical Activity Programme; Evaluation of Body Size and Fitness 5 Years After the Randomised Controlled Trial
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)Project Energize, a region-wide whole-school nutrition and physical activity programme, commenced as a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in the period 2004-6 in 124 schools in Waikato, New Zealand. In 2007, sixty-two control ... -
Cardiorespiratory Effects of Project Energize: A Whole-of Region Primary School Nutrition and Physical Activity Programme in New Zealand in 2011 and 2015
(BioMed Central, 2020)Background: Since 2004, Sport Waikato has delivered Project Energize, a through-school nutrition and physical activity program to primary schools in the Waikato. As part of the program's continued assessment and quality ... -
Supplementary Materials to Development and Piloting of a Community Health Worker-based Intervention for the Prevention of Diabetes Among New Zealand Māori in Te Wai O Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy
(Cambridge University Press, 2008)The supplementary files in this record point to Table 1 (pg. 4) of the article; Development and Piloting of a Community Health Worker-based Intervention for the Prevention of Diabetes Among New Zealand Māori in Te Wai O ... -
Mapping the Availability and Accessibility of Healthy Food in Rural and Urban New Zealand: Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)Objective Uptake of advice for lifestyle change for obesity and diabetes prevention requires access to affordable ‘healthy’ foods (high in fibre/low in sugar and fat). The present study aimed to examine the availability ... -
Low Prevalence of Retinopathy, but High Prevalence of Nephropathy Among Māori With Newly Diagnosed Diabetes - Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy
(Elsevier, 2008)Aims/hypothesis To describe the prevalence of retinopathy and microalbuminuria at diagnosis of diabetes in a predominantly Maori study population. Methods Biomedical assessment including photographic retinal examination ... -
Relationships Between a Walk Test, Body Size and Metabolic Risk Among a New Zealand Māori Community
(Taylor and Francis, 2010)Aims: Programmes to prevent or delay chronic disease incorporate promotion of physical activity, particularly walking. The objective of this study was to test the associations of the ability to walk quickly with measures ... -
Point-of-care Testing As a Tool for Screening for Diabetes and Pre-diabetes
(John Wiley & Sons, 2008)Aim To determine the utility of finger-prick point-of-care testing (POCT) of blood glucose for the detection of dysglycaemia. Methods A fasting POCT and an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) with laboratory assays ... -
The New Zealand Experience in Peer Support Interventions Among People With Diabetes
(Oxford Academic, 2009)Background. Peer-to-peer support has the potential to assist people with diabetes, or at risk of diabetes. Objective. To review the development of diabetes peer support initiatives in New Zealand. Methods. A systematic ... -
Development and Piloting of a Community Health Worker-based Intervention for the Prevention of Diabetes Among New Zealand Māori in Te Wai O Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy
(Cambridge University Press, 2008)Objective The progression from impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)/impaired fasting glucose (IFG) to type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed through intensive lifestyle changes. How to translate this to implementation ... -
Prevalence of Undiagnosed Diabetes, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, and Impaired Fasting Glucose Among Māori in Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy
(New Zealand Medical Association, 2009)Aims To describe the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) (“dysglycaemia”) among Māori. Methods Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy was a trial ... -
Optimal Waist Cutpoint for Screening for Dysglycaemia and Metabolic Risk: Evidence From a Māori Cohort
(Cambridge University Press, 2009)We sought to identify the sex-specific cut-off in waist circumference which best identifies those with metabolic abnormalities consistent with the metabolic syndrome (MS) among Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand ... -
Under 5 Energize: Tracking Progress of a Preschool Nutrition and Physical Activity Programme With Regional Measures of Body Size and Dental Health at Age of Four Years
(MDPI, 2017)To reduce weight gain and encourage healthy eating including reduced sugar intake, Under 5 Energize (U5E) was introduced to 121 early-childhood-centres in the Waikato region of New Zealand in July 2013. Using anonymized ... -
Project Energize: Intervention Development and 10 Years of Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)Prevention of childhood obesity is a global priority. The school setting offers access to large numbers of children and the ability to provide supportive environments for quality physical activity and nutrition. This article ...